Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!
Honore de BalzacMisfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God.
Honore de BalzacThe fashions we call English in Paris are French in London, and vice versa. Franco-British hostility vanishes when it comes to questions of words and clothing. God save the King is a tune composed by Lully for a chorus in a play by Racine.
Honore de BalzacWoman has this in common with angels, that suffering beings belong especially to her.
Honore de Balzac